intersection point
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3.5
- noun
- Specialized
:
punto de intersección
- In geometry, the two lines meet at the intersection point of the diagram.
There's many, many ways we could Orient these two graphs to have multiple intersection points.
- There's many, many ways we could Orient these two graphs to have multiple intersection points.
Examples
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The spacing of the wires was approximately 0.45 mm x 0.45 mm, with vias connecting the wires at each of the 1024 intersection points.
Academic text (1999) -
The human eye is intuitively drawn to an intersection point and ascribes it importance, which in this case is meaningless (so are the relative slopes).
Blog text (23) -
And as you can see, you have multiple intersection points here.
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So something like this until the intersection point and then like that afterwards?
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So but since the orbit crosses the orbit of the Earth, that means this intersection point happens the same time every year.
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Each curve in Figure 4 has three intersection points, F, F', and F", fixed under graphical analysis.
Academic text (1992) -
So we just calculated the intersection point for the Corneau equilibrium.
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Furthermore, Columbia represents an intersection point between flyways from Brazil and those that run along the western coast of South America (12).
Academic text (2015) -
The possible values were, of course, the mutual intersection points of the range of voltages, amperages, and durations of exposure that could cause such physical effects.
Fiction book (1999) -
I put the quarks at the intersection points of the lattice and I allow the gluons to run between them in all the different ways that gluons can interact.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
The place where two walls or edges meet
118
2.6
A place where two roads or streets cross
61
3.0
A place where several roads, rivers, or train tracks meet
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6.8
A point where two or more lines meet, for example a triangle corner
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3.9
The exact place where two or more lines cross
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9.5
A point where two or more lines meet
A point where two lines meet to make a connection in electronics or networks
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a point where lines or surfaces meet' is directly and compositionally derived from 'intersection' (a place where things cross) + 'point' (a specific position). This noun-noun combination follows a regular descriptive pattern used in mathematics and other languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Intersection point comes from a simple picture: an intersection is where paths cross and a point is the exact little spot. Imagine two roads meeting — the tiny place where they cross is the intersection point, so it means 'a point where things cross or meet'.